Who gained an international...

DOROTHY STEBBINS BOWLES, 86,

December 1, 1989

ESSEX, CONN. — DOROTHY STEBBINS BOWLES, 86, who gained an international reputation as a friendly and independent-minded diplomat during her late husband's tours as U.S. ambassador to India, died Tuesday after a brief illness. Her husband, Chester Bowles, was a principal foreign policy advisor to President Kennedy and served as ambassador to India twice, first from 1951 to 1958, then from 1963 to 1969.